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				<p><strong>Background</strong><br /><br />
				  
	      		<i>Homeplate</i> is a web-based food volume recording and reporting system developed at <a href="http://www.bowdoin.edu/computer-science" target="_blank">
				Bowdoin College</a> for the <a href="http://mchpp.org/" target="_blank">Mid-Coast Hunger Prevention Program in Brunswick, Maine</a>. It was developed in 2013 
				by four Bowdoin students (Sawyer Bowman, Jim Garvey, Kevin Tabb, and Nick Wetzel) and an instructor (Allen Tucker), working with Brady Meisenhelder.  
				
				<p>The original version of <i>Homeplate</i> was implemented in 2012 for the Second Helpings food rescue organization in South Carolina by three Bowdoin Students (Hartley Brody, Richardo Hopkins, and Nick Wetzel) and
				and the instructor, working with Jon Peluso. More information about the original <i>Homeplate</i> project can be found in an article published by 
				<a href="http://www.islandpacket.com/2013/06/14/2541912/second-helpings-volunteers-get.html" TARGET="_BLANK">The Island Packet</a>.  
 
				<p>This project was supported by Bowdoin College as part of its ongoing commitment to serving the common good. It was inspired by the 
				<a href="http://www.hfoss.org/">Humanitarian Free and Open Source (HFOSS) Project</a>, which aims to "build a community of academic computing departments,
				IT corporations, and local and global humanitarian and community organizations dedicated to
				building and using Free and Open Source Software to benefit humanity."
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 				<p><b>System Access and Reuse</b><br /><br />
				Because <i>Homeplate</i> must protect the privacy of individual volunteers and food donors, access to the system by non-volunteers is
				limited.  If you are a volunteer and have forgotten your Username or Password, please contact the <a href="mailto:bm@mchpp.org">Operations Manager</a>.
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				<p> <i>Homeplate</i> is free and open source software (see <a href="http://code.google.com/p/mch-homeplatecivi/" target="_blank">http://code.google.com/p/mch-homeplatecivi/</a>).  
				From this site, its source code can be freely downloaded and adapted
				 to fit the food rescue and reporting needs of other non-profits.  For more information about the capabilities or adaptability of Homeplate to other settings, please contact
either <a href="mailto:allen@myopensoftware.org">Allen Tucker</a> or visit the website <a href="http://myopensoftware.org/content/software-projects" target="_blank">http://myopensoftware.org</a>.
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